RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES

RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES

U.S. Car and Truck Sales (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Car and truck sales can be seen as an indicator of future demands to
be placed on transportation infrastructure. Trends in sales for particular
types of vehicles may also have implications for safety, energy usage,
air pollution, and other matters. For example, the sale of light trucks
has grown to match and in certain months even exceed the level of car
sales in recent years.

U.S. Car and Truck Sales

May-01

May-02

Light trucks

785,575

748,243

Light trucks percent change from same month previous year

-0.03

-4.75

Cars

814,573

756,065

Cars percent change from same month previous year

-2.31

-7.18

Medium/heavy trucks

34,904

31,736

Medium/heavy trucks percent change from same month previous year

-22.79

-9.08

NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period
in the previous year to account for seasonality.